1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 1c5b69373a00..8e8da7960dbe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ static u64 __update_clear_spte_slow(u64 *sptep, u64 spte)
 
         /* xchg acts as a barrier before the setting of the high bits */
         orig.spte_low = xchg(&ssptep->spte_low, sspte.spte_low);
-        orig.spte_high = ssptep->spte_high = sspte.spte_high;
+        orig.spte_high = ssptep->spte_high;
+        ssptep->spte_high = sspte.spte_high;
         count_spte_clear(sptep, spte);
 
         return orig.spte;